Selected Publications

"Technological Mediation in Odissi Dance: A Transnational Perspective of Digitized Practice and Pedagogy in a Traditional Artistic Community." Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization. Eds. Marohang Limbu & Binod Gurung.
In online classrooms, participants forge new relationships within the pedagogic “space.” In a classroom where there is no direct physical contact between teachers and the students, some of the positive outcomes of face-to-face pedagogies might be lost. These problems can include fostering immediate and personal involvement with the students and creating a collaborative learning environment. In my own teaching practices, I have attempted to respond to the problems of online learning and teaching by reflecting on the pedagogic values of a traditional practice that is a part of my cultural identity. Link to book chapter.

“DSU MyHealthChart”, Health Design Challenge (2013).
The key focus of our design was to ensure that the CCD is presented is such a way that it
satisfies the objectives of a patient and caregiver. We conducted an exhaustive review of
past research on PHR’s and other patient oriented documents and one of the finds of our
review is that the key reason for accessing a personal health record can be summarized as
“To improve sense of control, get a sense of health status and take active role in managing
health” The information most useful in providing a sense of health status includes (1) Lab
Test Results, (2) Medication Lists (3) Diagnosis and (4) Treatment Plan. In addition, we also
reviewed literature on provider information needs from EMR and identified information items
relevant to providers.
Link to the submission.

“The Mediator of Cultural Memory: Digital Preservation in the Cases of Classical Indian Dance and the Cherokee Stomp Dance.” Journal of Popular Culture. with Cushman, E.
We explore a model of community mediation that is cognizant of the practices and structures of communication within a given community. The example of Indian Classical Dance reveal where and how stabilized meaning-making practices can emerge when researchers and other facilitators of new media composition are cognizant of existing mediums that community members use to represent themselves and the complex lifeways embodied by those mediums. Link to article.

“Digital Compositions: Teaching the Mediation of Identity, Community and Culture.” Texts of Consequence: Composing Rhetorics of Social Activism for the Composition Classroom. with Cushman, E. and Getto, G.Our chapter describedthe learning and teaching needed to compose these digital compositions because they illustrate how learners create digital compositions with communities. A praxis of new media can make learning community- level conventions, demands, purposes and exigencies visible, enabling these texts of consequence to be produced with community members and through their instruction. Link to article.

“Usable websites for dyslexic users: A voting website user study.” Usability Professionals’ Association 2008 Conference Proceedings. with Swierenga, S., Porter, J., and McCarthy, J.Thepresentation was based on a usability evaluation of the Michgan.gov website with users who have a reading disorder, or dyslexia. How can designers make websites more usable for dyslexic users? We presented the findings of a qualitative analysis procured from the evaluation to explore how dyslexic users interact with a website and made recommendations.